A 23-year-old woman died allegedly after a self-induced abortion inside a hotel room in Sta. Cruz, Manila, on Thursday night.
Police said the victim checked in at AJ Star Hotel at 3:15 p.m. Six hours later, she called the front desk, asking for help.
When the hotel staff rushed to her room, she still managed to open the door before collapsing.
The victim was immediately brought to Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center where she died.
Witnesses said there were splotches of blood inside the victim’s hotel room.
They also found a fetus, about six months old, floating in the toilet bowl.
Various drugs which are commonly used in abortion recovered in the room, according to Manila Police District (MPD) homicide section chief Police Capt. Henry Navarro.
Further investigation is ongoing. (Ria Fernandez)
